Popular culture
This was the highest grossing (most money earned) film for 2024?
Inside Out 2
(1.69 billion approx.)
Where was the knife incident which was live streamed and went viral on social media?
The knife attack at Christ of Good Shepherd Church in Wakely (West of Sydney).
This person’s performance went viral during the 2024 Olympics. What was their name? What sport was it for?
Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn
Breakdancing
What social media platform has the most monthly users? How many monthly users does it have?
Approx. 3 billion
Approx.
37% of the world’s population
What does the social media ban in Australia involve?
Banning children from using social media under the age of 16.
Who was the youngest person ever to win two Oscars?
Billie Eilish youngest two-time Oscar winner at 22 with the song “What was I made for?’
Who was the founder of WikiLeaks and was able to return home to Australia after pleading guilty to violating US espionage laws?
Julian Assange
Where was the 2024 Olympic games held?
Paris
This word is the most popular hashtag on Instagram?
Love
With over 2 billion posts
What social media app does US want to ban?
TikTok
Which singer went into country music in 2024?
Beyonce
In August, the federal government introduced new legislation allowing millions of Australians to ….
To switch off from emails and phone calls outside their working hours.
The right to disconnect.
Which streaming platform officially entered the world of live sports and real time entertainment?
Name the sport?
Netflix
Boxing
What has been used to reshape Social media platforms?
Artificial Intelligence
Who won the US election? How many times has this person won it?
Donald Trump
Two times
Who has become the first ever artist to;
●Win album of the year 4 times at the Grammys?
●Make 2 billion dollars on tour?
●Be the most played artist of all time on Spotify?
●Perform 8 nights at Wembley
●Be the most decorated artist in Billboard Music Awards history
●Make history on the Billboard Hot 100 when all 31 tracks from their album occupied chart positions in the same week.
Taylor Swift
What event was available in all states and territories except for Northern Territory. This was one of the top 10 Google news stories.
Aurora Australis
A Los Angeles Laker became the first player in NBA history to reach 40,000 regular-season points after the 39-year-old scored 26 points in a game against the Denver Nuggets on March 2 to reach 40,017 points
LeBron James
The highest grossing TikTok star was?
Charli D'Amelio
Earning 23.5 million
What happened when a US based cybersecurity company called CrowdStrik updated its software?
A Global Outage occurred
Who confronted King Charles during his visit to Canberra yelling ‘You are not my King!’ "You committed genocide against our people; give us our land back; give us back what you stole from us; our bones, our skulls, our babies, our people; you destroyed our land, give us a treaty, we want a treaty in this country," she said.
Lidia Thorpe
Who wins the female Olympic boxing gold amid false gender claims?
Imane Khelif from Algeria
Who is the most followed person on Social Media?
How many People?
Cristiano Ronaldo
With
1 billion followers
Which country has instilled new laws that ban women from raising their voices in public, reciting the Quran in public and looking at men other than their husbands or relatives? This is on top of other laws already imposed since 2021.
Afghanistan
Taliban